Excerpts from the article by Steve Page in the 6/8/94 Gazette (without
permission)
 
NC$$ Penalties
        o  One Year Probation
                requiring implementation of a comprehensive athletics
                and compliance education program
        o  Re-Certification
                of curreny athletic policies and practices
        o  Any NCAA Institution
                that, in the next year, employs Buetow in an
                athletically related position must appear with him
                before the NCAA Committee on Infractions
 
CC Self imposed Penalties
        o  eliminated the volunteer-coach position for 93-94 and 94-95
           seasons
        o  limited to 8 (from 9.5) the number of official recruit
           visits for one year
        o  restricted recruiting coordinator scott owens to on campus
           recruiting 40 the 94-95 season.  Coach Lucia and assistat
           Tabrum can continue to recruit off campus
 
NCAA rules violated by Buetow
        o  knowingly violated and failed to report violations
           of NCAA rules, in violation of the provisions of NCAA
           ethical conduct.
        o  provided a PSA impermissible tryout opportunities and
           transportation to enroll.
        o  provided improper transportation and lodging for the PSA
           while on campus, including one night at Buetow's home.
        o  Permitted a volunteer coach to travel with the team during
           the 92-93 season.
        o  Permitted a restricted-earnings coach and the volunteer
           coach to use courtesy automobiles.
 
Picture captions
        o  Max Taylor
                With a Portrait of William Palmer looming over him,
                athletic director Max Taylor announces that CC is not
                being substantially punished by the NCAA
        o  Don Lucia
                Don Lucia: "We'll get through it," coach says.
        o  Buetow's picture
                Forer CC hockey coach Brad Buetow illegally
                transferred school funds and then violated NCAA
                recruiting rules.
 
HEADLINE:
        CC receives light sentence
 
SUBHEADLINE:
        NCAA lets school penalize itself
 
Article excerpts:
        o  coach, ad, and FAR all wore smiles and breathed easier
        o  tigers eligible for TV and post season play
        o  Coach Lucia Quotes
                "It's nice it's not going to effect our team."
                "Our team is not being penalized.  They weren't
                involved, shouldn't be penalized, and haven't been
                penalized."
        o  CC will not appeal the restrictions
        o  A.D. Taylor Quotes
                "We accept the NCAA's decision."
                "We plan to put this behind us and move ahead."
        o  CC's new president, Kathryn Moorman Quotes
                "It [athletics] is an integral part of the
                liberal-arts education at CC -- we care about the
                students on our teams, and their academic success."
                "We do not intend to appear before the NCAA again."
        o  Owens' involvement
                Owens was involved in the incident, but at Buetow's
                behest.  Lucia said, "We'll get through it; he'll get
                through it.  The degree he was involved was very
                small.  I thought the NCAA was fair."
        o  Buetow had brought the program under NCAA scrutiny with two
           separate incidents in the 92-93 season.  He illegally
           transferred school funds and then broke NCAA rules in what
           he claimed was a botched attempt to land a junior-college
           goaltender in midseason.
 
           CC forced Buetow out at the end of the 92-93 season, and
           that, alongg with the school reporting itself to the NCAA,
           put the sanctioning body in a lenient mood.
        o  Captain Senior Kent Fearns Quote
                "It's good it's over before next year so we don't have
                to deal with it.  We're looking forward to putting all
                that stuff behind us and getting on with the future."
        o  David Swank, chairman of the NCAA committee on infractions Quote
                "...Buetow let the situation get out of hand..."
                "Had the head coach reported this, this probably would
                have been a secondary violation."
                "But he did not, and two other violations were
                discovered by CC."
 
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